Chief Healthcare Executive January 21, 2025
Ron Southwick

Hours before leaving the Oval Office, Biden issued a preemptive pardon of his former top medical adviser and key leader of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

In one of his final acts before leaving the White House Monday, President Joe Biden issued a preemptive pardon to Dr. Anthony Fauci, his former chief medical adviser.

Fauci helped lead the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic and directed the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, for nearly four decades. He served under President Trump during his first term and also under Biden before retiring in 2022.

Biden issued preemptive pardons for Fauci and a host of others, including Mark Milley, the former chairman...

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